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Skyline North, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Barstow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92311. The Survey maps it on the Barstow quadrangle.

Skyline North within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1932 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Skyline North, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Skyline North, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Skyline North between 1992 and 2020, burning about 312 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning3
Natural3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
15 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Skyline North: 38 prospects, 29 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Birdseye Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Brubaker-Mann Roofing Granule PlanStonePast Producer
Lead MountainBarium-Barite, Lead, Silver, Gold, ZincOccurrenceVein
Nw Barstow DolomiteDolomite, MagnesiteOccurrence
Pacific Coast Mill and Mining Co.Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Piper GroupGold, CopperUnknown
Unnamed AditClayProspect
Unnamed LocationGemstoneUnknown
Unnamed LocationIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectCalciumProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
North Barstow0.6 miles21
Irwin Estates0.7 miles21
Barstow1.9 miles21
Hutt3.4 miles21
Barstow Heights4.4 miles18
Nebo4.4 miles16
Eniwetok Housing Area4.6 miles14
Desert View Housing Area4.8 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595802The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1839709. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.